Nationwide Canvas Outage Disrupts Chicago Colleges Amid Cybersecurity Incident
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A nationwide Canvas outage disrupted classes at Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, and all University of Illinois campuses after Canvas’ parent company reported a cybersecurity incident that exposed names, email addresses and student IDs (no passwords or financial data); finals and assignments were postponed in Illinois, login access was disabled on several campuses, and universities urged contingency plans as restoration timelines remain unclear.
- Canvas outage hits Northwestern, University of Chicago, University of Illinois and more CBS News
- What we know about the Canvas hack impacting thousands of schools CNN
- Cyber attack disrupts swath of US universities and schools nationwide BBC
- Canvas Online Learning Platform Disabled After Breach by Hackers The New York Times
- Utah-based tech company Instructure hacked, affecting millions of users globally KSL News
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